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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/blair/bios/sell/fir-gle.txt
ABRAM L. FLECK, who is living in retirement in Tyrone Township, is the owner of a fine farm of 120 acres, which is operated by his son, and has always made farming his life occupation. He was born February 21, 1836, in Sinking
Valley, Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa., and is a son of Jacob and Susana(Hostler) Fleck.
Jacob Fleck was born in Sinking Valley, Blair County, Pa., and died at the advanced age of 87 years. The mother was born in Half Moon Valley, Center County, Pa., and died at the age of 56 years. They were both members of the
Lutheran church and were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Sinking Valley.
Jacob Fleck always followed farming. He was politically a Republican, and served a number of years as supervisor, and also as election officer judge a number of times. He was a father of the following children: Abram L., subject
of this record; John Francis, deceased; Mary Jane, widow of John A. Fleck of Sinking Valley; Eunice Catherine, the wife of Jabez Beyer, of Iowa.
Abram L. Fleck was reared and educated in Tyrone Township, and has always engaged in agricultural pursuits, but is now living in retirement, in the enjoyment of a well earned rest after years of unceasing activity. He is politically a Republican, and has served as supervisor of the township and as a school director for a number of years. He is a member of the Grange of the Sinking Valley Lodge, and holds membership with the Lutheran church.
Mr. Fleck was married January 3, 1861, to Martha Cryder, who is a daughter of Jacob and Margaretta Cryder, of Tyrone Township, and they have reared the following children: Margaretta, who was born October 24, 1861, is
the wife of A. C. Sorrick, of Juniata, Pa.; Anna Belle, was born April 20, 1863, and married Hudson Irvin, of Bellwood, Pa.; Susana Frances, was born August 21, 1866, and married Rev. L. H. Waring, of Washington, D. C.; Mary Ada, was born May 15, 1870; Wilbur Henry, who is an instructor in the schools of Philadelphia, Pa., was born February 4, 1873; Forrest Roy, superintendent of the Eastern Pennsylvania Light, Heat and Power Company of Tamaqua, Pa.; and A. Ross, who operates his father's farm of 120 acres in Tyrone Township, was born February 21, 1883.
Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,1911, pp. 796-797.
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